Saving gas. Saving Money on Gas. This is on everybody’s mind right now. Here are 8 quick tips to save gas.
1. Keep your car fully tuned and maintained. Keep your oil changed every 3 months, your tires are well inflated.
2. Avoid rushing up to lights and stop signs and braking hard, this will eat up all the energy stored in your car using a lot of gas. You must think ahead.
Look ahead, and when the traffic light goes yellow begin coasting or lightly braking your car slowly, that is why it is always said that you should keep distance from the car in front of you so that if it will stop suddenly you still have time to coast your car to a stop.
3. Use the lowest octane level recommended for your car. Use what is recommended do not get the higher octane level than recommended. But stick with what is recommended it will help your car work properly without doing specific adjustment.
4. If you are going to idle for more than 2 minutes, turn it off. Having your car idle for more than 2 minutes eats up a lot of your gas. But if you stop for just a few seconds keep it on.
5. There is no rush, get rid of your NASCAR mentality. Always drive smoothly and carefully. You don’t have to rush, didn’t you know that the more you speed up your car the more gas it eats up.
6. All the junk in your trunk must taken out. It can add up a lot of unecessary weight.
7. Don’t race your engine. Especially when it is cold and you think you are going to warm it up faster. Just start the car and go without letting it sit for 5 or 10 minutes wasting your money.
8. If you can control your spending then a gas credit card may be for you. One that has cash back or other incentives, but you must keep it paid off.
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